Demens Chosen [PL: Into the Abyss - CLOSED]

by **Cerillium** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:22 pm

handwavium info dump is handwavium. Characters not on BRII are free to settle back in, or to have dinner. We'll say that a few hours have passed.

by **Monfrox** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:10 pm

Cerillium wrote:handwavium info dump is handwavium. Characters not on BRII are free to settle back in, or to have dinner. We'll say that a few hours have passed.

Now I'm terribly confused. I mean, I did say I would put the dinner on hold for the meeting first.

by **Tiltjuice** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:19 pm

Monfrox wrote:
Cerillium wrote:handwavium info dump is handwavium. Characters not on BRII are free to settle back in, or to have dinner. We'll say that a few hours have passed.

Now I'm terribly confused. I mean, I did say I would put the dinner on hold for the meeting first.

There are some free chars around, no worries

whoever is free can go.

by **Monfrox** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:26 pm

Tiltjuice wrote:
Monfrox wrote:Now I'm terribly confused. I mean, I did say I would put the dinner on hold for the meeting first.

There are some free chars around, no worries whoever is free can go.

So...spaghetti is go?

by **Tiltjuice** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:35 pm

Monfrox wrote:
Tiltjuice wrote:
There are some free chars around, no worries whoever is free can go.

So...spaghetti is go?

*clams Mon's tomatoes*

by **Giovenith** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:50 pm

Monfrox wrote:
Tiltjuice wrote:
There are some free chars around, no worries whoever is free can go.

So...spaghetti is go?

Ja!

by **Swith Witherward** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:39 pm

I'm good for spaghetti. Hans will be a bit stunned by the reduction in force and new policies, as well as the amount of dust coating all his stuff. At least he knows Chrys can use her skills to help him get things in their apartment tidy again. He can lament it while enjoying Brit's cooking... which is not grey mush slapped into a bowl.

by **Chedastan** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:38 pm

@Angels of Avalon players:Just a momentary hiccup I had concerning my own most recent plost, which made me want to delete it and redo some parts of it. Version 2.0 of that plost should be out soon, no worries needed.

Edit: And we're a go!

by **Tiltjuice** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:51 pm

(pie)

by **Danceria** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:03 pm

I seem to be having technical difficulties posting things on forums.

EDIT: After a few days, apparently not.

by **Tiltjuice** » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:55 pm

Tiltjuice wrote:
Tiltjuice wrote:
"Surely you will not - " Miss Nivea began, before ducking the rabbit on the silver tray. Miss Giovenith squinted through her fringe of white hair. Mr Devine and Miss Calani - did they ever go anywhere separately? - slouched against the wall and sat in the love seat to the wall's left, respectively.

"I believe it is quite fitting. No one was able to agree, and this is quite satisfactory as a method. Even Mr MB agreed to it, and it would of course please most pantheons. The Timelines flow forward, always."

The rabbit, indeed, looked strangely enthused to have a band of fur shaven from his midsection and duct-taped to the floating serving tray. All four paws, both ears, and the tufted tail waved in all possible combinations of directions. It was a dizzying sight for any who dared to look at the Rabbit Pendulum (patent pending). However...what exactly this all had to do with the proper movement of Time no one knew.

Upstairs, Chrys and Luce looked blankly at each other as inexplicable sensations that felt almost like pats of butter melting on them crept up and down their spines. The last time this had happened...is a story perhaps to be told on some other occasion.

No one knew, either, just why an assortment of items had appeared on the large round table at the center of the communal dining room. A handful of handmade alphabet cookies that were the work of the Brisbys. A black circle of crinkled-then-straightened construction paper, no doubt from Pippa-Michelle. A long, obsidian-colored sword with an arrow etched in white near the hilt. MB's own silver top hat, and its partner, Cuisine's bronzed chef hat. (The poor chef had taken time off to recover from having his neck muscles strained by wearing the heavy thing for hours on end every day.) All to represent various board games, some more obscure than others.

Such was game night at Demens Towers.

MB chuffed in disappointment as he began to slow in his arc. Left to right to left again, he passed over the cookies...the paper...the sword...the hats...the sword...the paper...the cookies...and stopped.

Except the cookies were no longer there, and the party erupted in talk. Mr Devine began barking out vulgarities. Miss Nivea looked shocked. Miss Giovenith narrowed her eyes at Mr MB. Mr MB simply kept chuffing. Miss Calani swiveled her gaze, apparently channeling the pendulum.

No one noticed the colors of their clothing (or fur) changing.

Cluedo was a popular game at Demens Towers.

CAST (In order of appearance or reference)
Miss Nivea.................................Mrs Peacock
Klaus.....................................Col. Mustard
Miss Giovenith..............................Mrs White
MrDevineandMissCalani.....MrGreenandMissScarlet
Mr MB........................................Prof. Plum
The cookies...................................Mr Boddy

"Calm, everyone, please." Colonel Mustard held up both hands. "Let us look at things logically - "

"It was Colonel Mustard," announced Mrs White, who'd somehow used artisty magic and the sword to trim the piece of construction paper into a monocle, a deerstalker hat and a -

"Is that a wand?" Mrs Peacock asked curiously.

"I don't smoke!" Mrs White said, and at the same time, She doesn't smoke! from Professor Plum. MissScarletandMrGreen shared a Look, deciding that perhaps they had better step up their game. One half of that equally fabulous partnership inclined her head to the other half.

"You might start," Mr Green grumbled, "so what makes you say that?"

"Yes, indeed," echoed Miss Scarlet, who seemed otherwise aloof and disinterested, despite the Look.

"In the stories it's always the one who tries to figure things out first!" Professor Plum chuffed in agreement.

"Well, let's start looking for clues!" from Mrs Peacock, who turned to Professor Plum. "Your hat is a hammerspace, right?"

...Yes....

"Can it take us to anywhere in the building?"

....No... Professor Plum looked strangely shifty at this, and Mrs White pounced. Figuratively, not literally. "IT WAS YOU!!!"

Professor Plum now looked affronted. Miss Scarlet breathed out, having just finished redoing her nail polish.

"I believe him, actually, those cookies seem a little too ordinary for his tastes. The only way he'd have tried eating them is if he had one of his usual drinks to go with it, which means he'd have gone to only one place in this Building."

Mr Green nodded curtly. "Dining room?"

"Dining room."

With that, the duo filed out and began making their way up the stairs, closely followed by Mrs Peacock who was talking a mile a minute about not understanding at first and then OH THE VENDING MACHINE! That makes sense now! Let's check it for pawprints!, and Mrs White, who was scrutinizing Mrs Peacock suspiciously and scribbling notes about how the one who was most enthusiastic about solving the case was usually the culprit.

Professor Plum and Colonel Mustard looked at each other.

"After you."

by **Danceria** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:47 am

A few questions regarding "magical items":
One of my characters is a licenced practitioner of magic. Said licence is naturally enchanted to be attuned to himself, teleport to him if stolen, and after a period of five years, inhibit his abilities to magic.

by **Fvaarniimar** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 2:37 pm

Hello, everyone. I'm sorry; summers seem to be rough for me. Maybe I have some sort of weird reverse SAD?On the bright side, I'm in therapy again; I think it's helping.

I'm having tech issues, to boot. Worst case scenario, I can use my tablet, but that would limit me to posting only on WiFi. That said, currently I can use the Internet via my phone; docs is the one for which I need WiFi.

I'm super sorry, squirrel, mole, civet...sun bear? I know I've held LC up, and withdrawn for the eightieth time, potentially worrying you. I plan to grit my teeth and squeeze out a Rmwtyliin plost today.

Calling it now: Either C!Gio or the vending machine ate the cookies to frame MB.

by **Mincaldenteans** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 4:45 pm

Danceria wrote:A few questions regarding "magical items":
One of my characters is a licenced practitioner of magic. Said licence is naturally enchanted to be attuned to himself, teleport to him if stolen, and after a period of five years, inhibit his abilities to magic.

... what's the question(s)?

EDIT: :hug:

for Fvaar

by **Monfrox** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:02 pm

Prim, does Aegis want spaghetti? It's made with love. I'm sure that may not be good for him, but we have medicine for that.

by **Primordial Luxa** » Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:05 pm

Monfrox wrote:Prim, does Aegis want spaghetti? It's made with love. I'm sure that may not be good for him, but we have medicine for that.

Yes. I'd love to get Aegis on something but admit I'm not the most regular of posters anymore. What is it? Just dinner or an actual quest?
Also Swith did we still want to look for that tree?

by **Monfrox** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:06 am

Primordial Luxa wrote:
Monfrox wrote:Prim, does Aegis want spaghetti? It's made with love. I'm sure that may not be good for him, but we have medicine for that.

Yes. I'd love to get Aegis on something but admit I'm not the most regular of posters anymore. What is it? Just dinner or an actual quest?
Also Swith did we still want to look for that tree?

Just a sort of "after dinner chill" since the HWE group has been gone for two years and may need time to process all that.

by **Swith Witherward** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:37 pm

Primordial Luxa wrote:
Monfrox wrote:Prim, does Aegis want spaghetti? It's made with love. I'm sure that may not be good for him, but we have medicine for that.

Yes. I'd love to get Aegis on something but admit I'm not the most regular of posters anymore. What is it? Just dinner or an actual quest?
Also Swith did we still want to look for that tree?

It's a shame we didn't do the tree earlier so Brit would have pasta.

Yep, I'm up for the tree quest. Let me get a few stories flowing (mainly Booze Run and Angels, since I'm covering for Cer there, too). Tree quest would be a nice weekday thing for me.

by **Danceria** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:37 pm

Mincaldenteans wrote:
Danceria wrote:A few questions regarding "magical items":
One of my characters is a licenced practitioner of magic. Said licence is naturally enchanted to be attuned to himself, teleport to him if stolen, and after a period of five years, inhibit his abilities to magic.

... what's the question(s)?

EDIT: for Fvaar

I was just wondering if that would be considered a "kosher" magical item to have. As it would bend the rules of "thou shalt not teleport into anywhere at thy leisure" (as thief could really be booking it after pickpocketing him of said liscence), however I could turn it around and have it just be a real pain in the butt/semi-sentient enough to get itself out of trouble. Because a licence with a conscience could make for interesting shenanigans(?)

Second question: my character's magic is...a little headcannon-y, but reasonably underpowered. He has an "aura" around him for lack of a better term, and can channel nearby/latent energy for various attacks. The closer said energy/item he wants to manipulate is to his body, the more he can do with it/better he can manipulate. Example: can only slightly move a book from a mile away (maybe a few centimeters), however after a couple yard radius of himself, he can lift and move it around no problem. Downside is he has to know of said object's existence, and enough of an idea of what it's made of to safely and surely manipulate it.

Question the Third:
Another one of his trademark abilities is the use of "symbology"/runes. Basically a mix of Transmutation Circles from Fullmetal Alchemist plus Element Bending from Avatar. While he can in theory manipulate latent energy to make a fireball/burst of flame, it would be very uncontrolled and unpredictable, and more often than not just a bunch of embers being flung at someone's face. Harmful, but not necessarily helpful. By focusing on a rune/etching/waving his stick around in the air in a semi-complex pattern, said burst of embers now becomes a barrage of firebolts, a helpful candle-flame, or an impromptu welding tool. Said runes can be actually etched upon objects for a variety of effects, such as helpful traps, or helpful repairs. However, those runes are a bit more complicated, and require ingredients and time to make and maintain. He can throw down a smoke-bomb rune whilst running, he'd have to make the rune beforehand. This allows both my character to be out and about learning how to use his runes, and how to maintain his skills.

Finally: Questions directed to two people of different fandoms.
MLP folks who RP as smol equines: What's your character's IC expiriences with Zebras? Or your own thoughts on the matter?
Star Wars folks: What era(s) are we using? (KOTOR, Clone Wars, Classic Movies/Episodes IV-VI, ect.)

by **Holy Lykos** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:09 pm

MLP: Zebras are another species in MLP, Gio can tell more.

SW: EU Legacy Era for Maghrl, EU Old Republic era for Maureen. Specifically during the New Sith Wars and Republic's Dark Age for the latter.

by **Danceria** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:17 pm

Holy Lykos wrote:MLP: Zebras are another species in MLP, Gio can tell more.

SW: EU Legacy Era for Maghrl, EU Old Republic era for Maureen. Specifically during the New Sith Wars and Republic's Dark Age for the latter.

I'm going to be doing a zebra, and possibly this dude. Force powers are a pain in the...backside in order to properly flush out without being OP as nobz.

EDIT: On the subject of Magic

Danceria wrote:I was just wondering if that would be considered a "kosher" magical item to have. As it would bend the rules of "thou shalt not teleport into anywhere at thy leisure" (as thief could really be booking it after pickpocketing him of said liscence), however I could turn it around and have it just be a real pain in the butt/semi-sentient enough to get itself out of trouble. Because a licence with a conscience could make for interesting shenanigans(?)

Second question: my character's magic is...a little headcannon-y, but reasonably underpowered. He has an "aura" around him for lack of a better term, and can channel nearby/latent energy for various attacks. The closer said energy/item he wants to manipulate is to his body, the more he can do with it/better he can manipulate. Example: can only slightly move a book from a mile away (maybe a few centimeters), however after a couple yard radius of himself, he can lift and move it around no problem. Downside is he has to know of said object's existence, and enough of an idea of what it's made of to safely and surely manipulate it.

Question the Third:
Another one of his trademark abilities is the use of "symbology"/runes. Basically a mix of Transmutation Circles from Fullmetal Alchemist plus Element Bending from Avatar. While he can in theory manipulate latent energy to make a fireball/burst of flame, it would be very uncontrolled and unpredictable, and more often than not just a bunch of embers being flung at someone's face. Harmful, but not necessarily helpful. By focusing on a rune/etching/waving his stick around in the air in a semi-complex pattern, said burst of embers now becomes a barrage of firebolts, a helpful candle-flame, or an impromptu welding tool. Said runes can be actually etched upon objects for a variety of effects, such as helpful traps, or helpful repairs. However, those runes are a bit more complicated, and require ingredients and time to make and maintain. He can throw down a smoke-bomb rune whilst running, he'd have to make the rune beforehand. This allows both my character to be out and about learning how to use his runes, and how to maintain his skills.

Finally: Questions directed to two people of different fandoms.
MLP folks who RP as smol equines: What's your character's IC expiriences with Zebras? Or your own thoughts on the matter?
Star Wars folks: What era(s) are we using? (KOTOR, Clone Wars, Classic Movies/Episodes IV-VI, ect.)

: Would a roughly bedsheet sized cloth used for casting magical circles of ritualistic things be considered okay (said Crafter's Canvas is indestructible, (you try creating a fire-tornado ritual on your old comforter and see how it works out!) and machine washable. That's it.) and an essential encyclopedia of various spells/rituals/alchemical recipies needed for any Adept Arcanist (that also has the same properties as both the canvas and the licence (indestructible, can only be fully used by Zimitar the Zebra (resident murder-hobo cannot conjure the explosion of doom, and will find ways to make himself flatulent instead) and teleports back to bookshelf if lost or otherwise indisposed. This being the reason that Zimitar can remember all he learned (and record new stuff) without breaking his brain. It's not really much of a weapon, it's just a rather convenient tool, if Zimitar can access it.)

by **Giovenith** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 9:30 pm

Willow thinks Zecora's pretty cool. He's not racist.

by **Tiltjuice** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:37 pm

So, you're thinking about a support mage? Pretty creative use of things. The license is an idea, but I'm not quite sure about sentience.

Nature aura and the runes seem a little contradictory to me. Flow versus elaborate setup. *thinks* I'd like to see them both, actually; tons of opportunity for char dev.

by **Holy Lykos** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:49 am

I didn't have much problem setting up Mag's force powers, but he's also less of a support or heavy force user, more a monk style fighter like Yoda. Balancing out the force is a matter of what the character has specialized in and what he hasn't. The latter can be developed over time, and the former improved! Aside from that don't control people's characters as a rule of thumb (which the force can do)

Just don't overstep bounds and be an asshole about force powers, basically.

by **Danceria** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:15 am

Tiltjuice wrote:So, you're thinking about a support mage? Pretty creative use of things. The license is an idea, but I'm not quite sure about sentience.

Nature aura and the runes seem a little contradictory to me. Flow versus elaborate setup. *thinks* I'd like to see them both, actually; tons of opportunity for char dev.

The runes are like circuits for lack of a better term, a better conduit for energy. For instance, he can manipulate the moisture in the air/make some friction and poof fireball/ice-shard. Granted, the better/more accurate the attack you want, the more he has to concentrate. Runes are sort of a bypass, plugging the innate magic into a circuit/pre-programmed thing to do something. Most of his "signature" attacks are already etched onto his staff, so he can conjure up a lightning bolt with relatively no worries.

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